The House of Representatives will vote today on HR 6297, legislation to extend the Iran Sanctions Act. This will provide an immediate reinstatement of sanctions on Iran if The Islamic Republic violates the agreement (JCPOA) made last year. The current … Continued

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and other US Senators will introduce legislation this week to prohibit the use of American tax dollars to fund the Palestinian Authority (PA) until the PA takes steps to end violence against Israeli citizens and terminates … Continued

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Act of 2017. Included in this Act is a provision that would prohibit the use of U.S. taxpayer dollars for payments to the Palestinian Liberation Organization that … Continued

This week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the recipients of the 2016 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). Your school and/or synagogue were one of the organizations that received a $75,000 grant under this program. Since its creation in … Continued

On Monday, June 27, the New Jersey General Assembly will consider a bill, A925, that prohibits the state from investing pension and annuity funds in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses. With wide bi-partisan support, S1923 passed in the … Continued

Please urge Governor Chris Christie to increase funding in his upcoming fiscal year 2016-17 budget to help pay for nursing aid and technology in non-public schools. Traditionally, each non-public school student receives only a small amount of funding from the … Continued

Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY) recently introduced H.Res.686 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Although this resolution contains some statements with which we agree—such as support for enhanced Israeli security and condemning acts of terrorism against Israelis—its main purpose is to … Continued

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